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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Catal Today. 2016 Aug 16;286:21–40. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.08.014

Table 4.

Sequential Bond Dissociation Free Energies (kJ/mol) of M+(L)x complexes for crown ethers. Uncertainties in parentheses [61].

M+ L = 12-crown-4 L = 15-crown-5 L = 18-crown-6

x = 1 x = 2 x = 1 x = 2 x = 1 x = 2
Li+ 372 (51) 135 (10) - - - -
Na+ 252 (13) 144 (10) 294 (18) 118 (10) 296 (19) -
K+ 189 (12) 135 (10) 205 (15) 138 (10) 234 (13) -
Rb+ 93 (13) 128 (10) 114 (7) 133 (10) 191 (13) -
Cs+ 85 (9) 110 (10) 100 (6) 125 (10) 168 (9) 120 (10)